As we hurtle down the road towards fully-connected, fully-autonomous vehicles, the software-defined car is evolving at a breakneck pace. Today's cars use tens of millions of lines of code to deliver the latest standout features to beat the competition. Modern manufacturers like Ford are now diving headfirst into the development of advanced on-board systems alongside software partners such as BlackBerry QNX – and we constantly strive to help them drive securely towards the future. That's why last week, we were proud to announce version 7.0 of our QNX Software Development Platform, just in time for the CES 2017. QNX SDP 7.0 builds on QNX's proven reliability, and offers both high performance and enhanced security through advanced features and latest generations of the QNX Neutrino Realtime OS and QNX Momentics Tool Suite.

BlackBerry QNX is off to a great start at CES 2017. Today they announced what they are calling their "most advanced and secure embedded software platform for autonomous drive and connected cars," which is also known as QNX SDP 7.0. "With the push toward connected and autonomous vehicles, the electronic architecture of cars is evolving – from a multitude of smaller processors each executing a dedicated function, to a set of high performance domain controllers, powered by 64-bit processors and graphical processing units. To develop these new systems, our automotive customers will need a safe and secure 64-bit OS that can run highly complex software, including neural networks and artificial intelligence algorithms. QNX SDP 7.0 is suited not only for cars, but also for almost any safety- or mission-critical application that requires 64-bit performance and advanced security. This includes surgical robots, industrial controllers and high-speed trains."